On 5 and 6 November 2013, in cooperation with the UNDP Burundi, CEDAC staff conducted a field visit to Cibitoke province. In Cibitoke, we work on the second phase of a wide-scale economic empowerment project for conflict-affected people.

The goal of this project is to bring a significant improvements to people’s livelihood in Cibitoke, since it has supported more than 1,000 beneficiaries for two and half years. During the first phase of this project which ran from June 2012 and was completed in December 2012, CEDAC brought people together and organized 72 groups of beneficiaries in Cibitoke province. Each of the groups must consists of 10 to 20 people, including ex-combatants, widows, former internally displaced peoples (IDPs) and others from different ethnic backgrounds affected by the conflict.

We entered the second phase in August 2013, this part of the process was aimed at helping them decide what kind of business they want to start and develop with financial support provided by the UNDP. Having had several discussions among and between those groups of beneficiaries and CEDAC, the beneficiaries were provided with initial funding support to start income-generating activities such as rice farming, beekeeping and other agricultural activities.

The field visits were to follow-up and monitor the progress of their activities and to discuss other provisions for further support. Since some of the associations require further technical support in order to process the crops that they grow, CEDAC will continue to provide support over the next two and half years and beyond if needed, to ensure that each of the associations successfully grow their agricultural business in the long term.

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Victim Assistance

Our vision

CEDAC vision is a peaceful and sustainable developed world. Some of the organisation's members have directly participated in armed conflict, while others have been victims of conflict through their indirect participation. CEDAC wants to interlink all victims of conflict within and across borders. Our vision seeks to eliminate conflict and sustain peace by creating means of reintegration for ex-combatants and others indirectly affected by conflict.

Our mission

Our mission is to support all victims of armed conflict. We seek to reduce armed violence through job creation, as well as offering other types of victim assistance such as psychosocial support to facilitate reintegration into society.

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Ex-combatants

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CEDAC values

At CEDAC, we hold our values of transparency, tolerance and honesty in the highest regard, because without these values we would not be able to survive as a not-for profit aid organisation. For example, without transparency our finical supporters, those involved in our projects and other stakeholders would not be able to hold us accountable. This in turn leads to an environment of mistrust.

It goes without saying that we uphold and value honesty at CEDAC. We believe that acting openly and honesty is not only good practice, but is essential for working in development and aid.

CEDAC is built also under a tolerance basis. This implies a high degree of acceptance for differences of races and ethnicity, background and diversity of ideas. Thus, CEDAC is an environment where contribution is reserved for everyone.